9/5 – Labor Day 9/12 – Jose 9/19 – Andy 9/26 – Stefan 10/3 – Professional Development Discussion: Career Pathways 10/10 – Spencer 10/17 – Becky 10/24 – Val 10/31 – Aubtin 11/7 – Jordan 11/14 – Carrie 11/21- Bob 11/28…

Congratulations to Van and Luke who both finished up their PhD work during the 2021-2022 academic year. Van has moved on to a postdoctoral position at UC Santa Cruz, while Luke is moving on to a postdoc at the University…

Bob and I have a new paper out in the current issue of Molecular Ecology: Assessing the performance of DNA barcoding using posterior predictive simulations. In the same issue, our paper was highlighted in a great ‘Perspective’ piece written by Lucie…

This semester we have several new undergrads working in the lab. Sam Fisher is performing field surveys for snake-eyed skinks on Oahu, and Ann Marsolais is studying DNA degradation in preserved tissue samples. If you are interested in hearing more…

Amphibian and Reptile Diversity in the Papuan Region Allen Allison  Friday, November 6, 2015, Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum Herp Night this month will take place at the Bishop Museum. Curator of Herpetology Allen Allison will be talking about his research…

Amber Wright, Floyd Reed, and I are starting a new graduate core course next fall and spring. Course announcement below. Instructors: Floyd Reed, Amber Wright & Bob Thomson  Foundations of Evolution and Ecology is a new two-semester graduate core course…